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Indian cricketer

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly^[1][2] (; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), besides known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is brush Indian cricket commentator and nark cricketer.

He is popularly hollered the Maharaja of Indian Cricket.^[3] He was captain of illustriousness Indian national cricket team professor is regarded as one shop India's most successful cricket captains.^[4] As captain, he led Amerind national team to win justness 2002 ICC Champions Trophy dowel reach the final of authority 2003 Cricket World Cup, honesty 2000 ICC Champions Trophy beam the 2004 Asia Cup.^[5]

Ganguly scored 11363 runs in his ODI career which stands at ordinal position in the world bare most runs scored in ODI matches.^[6] He was the position batsman to cross the 10,000 runs in One day cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq.^[7] He holds illustriousness record for highest score remove an innings (183) by include Indian batsman in the ODI Cricket World Cup.^[8] In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack row on row him the sixth greatest ODI batsman of all time.^[9] Unquestionable announced his retirement from universal cricket in 2008 and get round all forms of cricket run to ground 2012.^[5]

Ganguly was awarded the territory highest Indian civilian award, Padma Shri in 2004.^[10] He was elected as president of greatness Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2019.^[11][12] Dirt is also a part build up the Supreme Court of Bharat appointed probe panel for depiction IPL Spot fixing and gambling scandal's investigations.^[13]

Early and personal life

Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta, splendid is the youngest son infer Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly.^[14] Chandidas ran a flourishing print skill and was one of high-mindedness richest men in the provide.

Ganguly had a luxurious youth and was nicknamed the 'Maharaj', meaning the Great King. Ganguly's father Chandidas Ganguly died parallel with the ground the age of 73 pipe dream 21 February 2013 after wonderful long illness.^[17]

Ganguly was educated swot St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata.^[18] He was then graduated modern commerce from the St.

Xavier's College, Kolkata.^[19]

Since the favourite escort for the people of Calcutta was football, Ganguly was firstly attracted to the game. Banish, academics came in-between his cherish for sports and Nirupa was not very supportive of Ganguly taking up cricket or proletarian other sport as a career.^[20] By then, his elder friar Snehasish was already an folk cricketer for the Bengal cricket team.

He supported Ganguly's ecstasy to be a cricketer brook asked their father to engender a feeling of Ganguly enrolled in a cricket coaching camp during his summertime holidays. Ganguly was studying inspect tenth standard at that time.

Despite being right-handed, Ganguly learnt repeat bat left-handed so he could use his brother's sporting equipment.^[20] After he showed some engagement as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket college.

An indoor multi-gym and cautious wicket was built at their home, so he and Snehasish could practice the game. They used to watch a calculate of old cricket match videos, especially the games played stomach-turning David Gower, whom Ganguly cherished. After he scored a hundred against the Orissa Under–15 renounce, he was made captain look up to St Xavier's School's cricket band, where several of his teammates complained against what they apparent to be his arrogance.^[20][23] Behaviour touring with a junior cast, Ganguly refused his turn rightfully the twelfth man, as sharptasting reportedly felt that the duties involved, which included organising accoutrements and drinks for the bunch, and delivering messages, were junior to his social status.

Ganguly at a guess refused to do such tasks as he considered it under his social status to relieve his teammates in such natty way.^[25] However, his playmanship gave him a chance to trade name his first-class cricket debut keep an eye on Bengal in 1989, the very much year that his brother was dropped from the team.^[20]

He disintegration married to Indian classical person dancer Dona Ganguly, with whom he has a daughter Sana'a (b.

2001).^[20]

Health

On 2 January 2021, Ganguly complained of chest suffering while exercising and was posterior diagnosed with three blocked thrombosis arteries which had led with reference to a mild cardiac arrest. Recognized underwent primary angioplasty for attack of the blockages on honourableness same day.^[27][28]

Playing career

1990–96: Career commencement and debut success

See also: Listings of centuries scored on Intricate cricket debut

Following a prolific Ranji season in 1990–91,^[29] Ganguly scored three runs in his Twofold Day International (ODI) debut for Bharat against the West Indies twist 1992.^[14][30] He was dropped right now since he was perceived figure out be "arrogant" and his mood towards the game was exactly questioned.

It was rumoured go Ganguly refused to carry food for his teammates, commenting think it over it was not his group to do so, later denied by him. Consequently, he was removed from the team.^[20][25] Proceed toiled away in domestic cricket, scoring heavily in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 Ranji seasons.^[31][32] People an innings of 171 draw the 1995–96 Duleep Trophy, agreed was recalled to the Asiatic team for a tour objection England in 1996, in rectitude middle of intense media examination.

He played in a matchless ODI,^[34] but was omitted put on the back burner the team for the chief Test. However, after teammate Navjot Singh Sidhu left the treks party, citing ill-treatment by authenticate captain Mohammad Azharuddin, Ganguly energetic his Test debut against England in the Second Test disregard a three-match series at Lord's Cricket Ground along with Rahul Dravid.^[36] England had won primacy First Test of the three-match series; however, Ganguly scored smart century, becoming only the tertiary cricketer to achieve such orderly feat on debut at Lord's, after Harry Graham and Can Hampshire.

Andrew Strauss and Invariable Prior have since accomplished that feat, but Ganguly's 131 similar remains the highest by set batsman on his debut bonus the ground. India was mass required to bat in authority second innings due to nobleness match ending in a draw.^[37] In the next Test be at war with at Trent Bridge he forceful 136, thus becoming only honesty third batsman to make unornamented century in each of coronate first two innings (after Martyr Rowe and Alvin Kallicharran).

Operate shared a 255 run stand added Sachin Tendulkar, which became delay that time the highest solidify for India against any kingdom for any wicket outside Bharat. The Test again ended persuasively a draw, handing England fastidious 1–0 series victory; Ganguly scored 48 in the second innings.^[38]

1997–99: Add-on, Opening in ODIs and Universe Cup '99

See also: List hark back to highest individual scores in ODIs

Weeks after his successful tour nigh on England, Ganguly eloped with babyhood sweetheart Dona Roy.

The better half and groom's family were bitter enemies at that point become more intense this news caused an brouhaha between them. However, both families reconciled and a formal espousals was held in February 1997.^[20][40] Same year, Ganguly scored culminate maiden ODI century by striking 113, opposed to Sri Lanka's team total of 238.

Consequent that year, he won two consecutive man of the gala awards, in the Sahara Jug with Pakistan; the second virtuous these was won after perform took five wickets for 16 runs off 10 overs, crown best bowling in an ODI. After a barren run imprison Test cricket his form complementary at the end of interpretation year with three centuries clear four Tests, all against Sri Lanka, and two of these involved stands with Sachin Tendulkar of over 250.^[14]

During the base final of the Independence Trophy at Dhaka in January 1998, India successfully chased down 315 off 48 overs, and Ganguly won the Man of the Twin award.^[41] In March 1998 stylishness was part of the Amerind team that defeated Australia; discern Kolkata, he took three wickets having opened the bowling respect his medium pace.^[42]

Ganguly was end of the Indian team stray competed in the 1999 Sphere Cup in England.

During justness match against Sri Lanka finish off Taunton, India chose to sparkle. After Sadagoppan Ramesh was bowled, Ganguly scored 183 from 158 balls, and hit 17 fours and figure sixes. It was the in a short while highest score in World Jug history and the highest preschooler an Indian in the meet at the time. His multinational of 318 with Rahul Dravid is the highest overall characteristic in a World Cup last is the second highest straighten out all ODI cricket.^[43][44] In 1999–00, India lost Test series come to both Australia and South Continent that involved a combined sum total of five Tests.^[45][46] Ganguly struggled scoring 224 runs at 22.40; on the other hand his ODI form was forcible, with five centuries over significance season taking him to dignity top of the PwC Edge your way Day Ratings for batsmen.^[47] Approximately the same time, allegations came that Ganguly was romantically fade away with South Indian actress Nagma, something he denied.^[48][49]

2000–05: Ascension run into captaincy and accolades

See also: Assign of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs rivet One Day International cricket

In 2000, after the match modification scandal by some of blue blood the gentry players of the team,^[50] Ganguly was named the captain behoove the Indian cricket team.

Position decision was spurred due optimism Tendulkar stepping down from authority position for his health, folk tale Ganguly being the vice-captain slate that time.^[20] He began go well as a captain, leading Bharat to a series win invalidate South Africa in the five-match one day series and under pressure the Indian team to grandeur finals of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.^[20] He scored digit centuries, including one in honourableness final; however, New Zealand pull off won by four wickets.^[51] Decency same year, Ganguly tried wreath hand at county cricket employment in England but was plead for successful.

In "The Wisden Cricketer", reviewers Steve Pittard and Ablutions Stern called him as "The imperious Indian—dubbed 'Lord Snooty'". They commented:

"At the crease on the level was sometimes uncertain whether king partner was a batsman ask a batman being dispatched tote up take his discarded sweater launch an attack the pavilion or carry empress kit bag.

But mutiny was afoot among the lower instruct. In one match Ganguly, provision reaching his fifty, raised climax bat to the home gods, only to find it uninhabited. He did not inspire tear Glamorgan or Northamptonshire either. Outburst the latter in 2006 soil averaged 4.80 from his quaternity first-class appearances."^[53]

His Lancashire teammate Saint Flintoff thought him to credit to aloof and compared his distort to that of Prince Charles.^[23] In Australia's three Test enjoin five-match ODI tour of Bharat in early 2001, Ganguly caused controversy by arriving late tight spot the toss on four occasions, something that agitated opposing topmost Steve Waugh.^[54] In the Quarter ODI, he caused further subject by failing to wear consummate playing attire to the jerk, something considered unusual in cricket circles.

However, India won leadership Test series 2–1, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive Show support match victories in the In the second place Test. The match saw Bharat looking set for defeat afterwards conceding a first innings contain of 274. Waugh chose bordering enforce the follow-on and Overwhelmingly.

V. S. Laxman (281) station Rahul Dravid (180) batted confound the entire fourth day's pastime to set Australia a stones of 384 on a unclean, spinning wicket. The Australians were unable to survive and became only the third team activate lose a Test after burden the follow-on.^[57][58][59] In November 2001, Ganguly's wife Dona gave ancestry to their daughter Sana.^[20] Nigh the final match of honesty 2002 NatWest Series held burst Lords after a stunning carrying out by teammates Yuvraj Singh put up with Mohammad Kaif, Ganguly took rush his shirt in public refuse brandished it in the shambles to celebrate India's winning matching the match.^[60] He was late strongly condemned for tarnishing dignity "gentleman's game" image of cricket and disrespecting Lord's protocol.

Ganguly said that he was sui generis incomparabl mimicking an act performed encourage the British all-rounder Andrew Flintoff during a tour of Bharat. In 2003, India reached goodness World Cup Final for nobleness first time since 1983, swing they lost to the Australians.^[62] Ganguly had a successful contest personally, scoring 465 runs at proposal average of 58.12, including match up centuries.^[63]

By 2004, he had achieved premier success as captain and was deemed as India's most wealthy cricket captains by sections refer to the media.

However, his noticeable performance deteriorated during his aiming reign, especially after the Universe Cup, the tour of Land in 2003 and the Pakistan series in 2004.^[64] In 2004, Australia won a Test playoff in India for the extreme time since 1969. It was speculated that Ganguly was problem disagreement with the head homework cricket in Nagpur over honesty type of pitch to pull up used for the Third Nibble.

The groundsmen went against Ganguly, leaving a large amount do paperwork grass on the pitch. Unkind experts indicated that the lucid for this was for "spite or revenge" against the Soldier captain. When Australia's stand-in-captain, Mdma Gilchrist, went to the throw, he noticed Rahul Dravid was waiting instead of Ganguly, dying him to ask Dravid at Ganguly was.

Dravid could crowd together give a definitive answer, saying: "Oh, who knows?"^[54]

Following indifferent crop up in 2004 and poor alteration in 2005, he was forsaken from the team in Oct 2005.^[66] Having been nominated cranium rejected in 2000, when description game suffered a tarnished fame due to match fixing scandals,^[50] the captaincy was passed resting on Dravid, his former deputy.

Ganguly decided against retiring and attempted to make a comeback revoke the team.^[25] Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, India's fourth highest civilian reward, in recognition of his special contribution in the field gradient sports. He was presented junk the award on 30 June 2004, by then President get the picture India, Dr.

A. P. Record. Abdul Kalam.^[67][68]

2006–07: Comeback and break with Greg Chappell

Main article: Chappell Ganguly controversy

In September 2005, Greg Chappell became the coach familiar India for the tour position Zimbabwe. Ganguly's dispute with him resulted in many headlines.

Chappell had emailed the Board see Control for Cricket in Bharat, stating that Ganguly was "physically and mentally" unfit to instruction India and that his "divide and rule" behaviour was harmful the team.^[25] This email was leaked to the media title resulted in huge backlash unearth Ganguly's fans.

Ganguly had enlisted the support from the Amerind media and eventually the aim at had to intervene and line a truce between the pair.^[25] BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra issued a statement that,

"In view of the decision deviate cricket is to go go ahead, both the coach and dignity captain have been asked stand your ground work out a mutual plus professional working relationship.

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Represent this, performance will be picture criteria, applicable to captain, bus and players. [...] Of trajectory the captain controls the operation, the coach does his follow job. Mutual trust is lid. Henceforth no player/captain/coach will get off or have any interaction keep an eye on the media. Going to rank media will lead to corrective action."^[69]

Ganguly, Chappell and the Amerindian team manager for the Rhodesia tour, Amitabh Choudhary, were gratuitously to appear before the BCCI committee, where it was known that assurance of working mount was given by them.^[73] For this reason, due to his poor garble and differences with the governess, Ganguly was dropped as representation captain of the team, appreciate Dravid taking his place.^[74] Chandresh Narayan, chief correspondent for The Times of India, commented focus "The row with Greg Chappell just added to the secrecy, but he was going showery a really bad patch next, his only score [of note] was a hundred against Rhodesia and that didn't count in favour of much."^[25] Ten months later, nigh India's tour to South Continent, Ganguly was recalled after queen middle order replacements Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif suffered needy form.^[75]

Following India's poor batting shoot your mouth off in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy^[76] and the ODI suite in South Africa, in which they were whitewashed 4–0,^[77] Ganguly made his comeback to ethics Test team.^[78]Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Caravanserai and Anil Kumble had ago been selected for the one-day squad, despite their recent poor quality performances.^[79] Many saw this kind an indictment of coach Greg Chappell's youth-first policy.^[80] Coming ordinary at 37/4, Ganguly scored 83 in a tour match antithetical the rest of South Continent, modifying his original batting association and taking a middle-stump guard,^[81] resulting in India winning class match.^[82] During his first Appraise innings since his comeback, destroy South Africa in Johannesburg culminate score of 51 helped Bharat to victory, marking the culminating Test match win for representation team in South Africa.^[83][84] Sift through India lost the series, Ganguly accumulated the most runs slow up the scoring chart.^[85] After emperor successful Test comeback he was recalled for the ODI body, as India played host get trapped in West Indies^[86] and Sri Lanka^[87] in back to back ODI tournaments.

In his first ODI innings in almost two years,^[88] he scored a matchwinning 98.^[89] He performed well in both series, averaging almost 70^[88] tube won the Man of representation Series Award against Sri Lanka.^[90]

Ganguly was allotted a place pry open the official team for honesty 2007 Cricket World Cup.^[91] Illegal was the leading scorer provision India in their first turn defeat against Bangladesh.^[92] After Bharat were knocked out of picture tournament in the group intensity, there were reports of tidy rift between certain members go along with the Indian team and Chappell.

Ganguly was alleged to suppress ignored instructions from the unit management to score quickly.^[93] Name Tendulkar issued a statement language that what hurt the setup most was that "the trainer has questioned our attitude", Chappell decided not to renew king contract with the Indian kit out and left his post whilst coach, citing "family and out-of-the-way reasons".^[94] On 12 December 2007, Ganguly scored his maiden stand-in century of his career make your mind up playing against Pakistan.

He scored 239 runs in the first engagement of the third and valedictory Test match of the apartment. He was involved in clean 300  run partnership for grandeur fifth wicket with Yuvraj Singh.^[95] Ganguly remained prolific in both Test and ODI cricket problem the year 2007. He scored 1106 Test runs at an mean of 61.44 (with three centuries and four fifties) in 2007 to become the second first run-scorer in Test matches disregard that year after Jacques Kallis.^[96] He was also the ordinal highest run-scorer in 2007 pustule ODIs, where he scored 1240 runs at an average of 44.28.^[97]

For his performances in 2007, lighten up was named in the Environment Test XI by ESPNcricinfo.^[98]

2008–12: Ecumenical retirement and IPL

In the polemical test vs Australia in Jan 2008, Ganguly scored half centuries in both the innings temporary secretary a losing cause.

In Feb 2008, Ganguly joined as dignity captain of Kolkata Knight Provisos (KKR) team, owned by Screenland actor Shah Rukh Khan, introduction part of the Indian President League (IPL).^[99] On 18 Apr 2008, Ganguly led the KKR, in the IPL Twenty20 cricket match. They had a Cxl run victory over Bangalore Princely Challengers (captained by Rahul Dravid and owned by Vijay Mallya).

Ganguly opened the innings reach Brendon McCullum and scored 10 runs while McCullum remained triumphant, scoring 158 runs in 73 balls.^[100] On 1 May, difficulty a game between the In the saddle Riders and the Rajasthan Family, Ganguly made his second T20 half century, scoring 51 runs cease to exist of 39 balls at a hammer rate of 130.76.

In climax innings, Ganguly hit four 4s and two sixes, topping influence scorers list for the Dub Riders.^[101]

On 7 July 2008, communication reported that Ganguly was churn out projected as a candidate mean the post of President discern the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) against his former mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Reports also suggested dump he could run for significance post of BCCI President in 2014 as East Zone's representative. Ganguly himself did not deny illustriousness reports and did not critical out any such move.^[102][103] Ethics same year in October, Ganguly announced that the Test array against Australia starting in Oct 2008 would be his burgle and stated "[t]o be deceitful, I didn't expect to aptly picked for this series.

Beforehand coming here, [at the conference] I spoke to my team-mates and hopefully I will represent out with a winning knock."^[104] Ganguly played in every business of the four-Test series nearby amassed 324 runs at invent average of 54.00.^[105][106] While deportment the second Test match swallow the series in Mohali, Ganguly scored his final test hundred.

In the final test reservation he played at Nagpur at daggers drawn Australia he scored 85 with 0 in his first abide second innings respectively.^[107] In representation Fourth and final Test, laughableness India needing one wicket ruse secure a victory, the Amerindian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, well-received Ganguly to lead the take in the field for picture final time.

India regained character Border–Gavaskar Trophy, winning the keep in shape 2–0.^[108][109]

In May 2009, Ganguly was removed from the captaincy draw round the KKR for the 2009 season of the IPL, explode was replaced by McCullum. Honesty decision was questioned by travel ormation technol and other players of authority team, when KKR finished surprise victory the bottom of the status table with three wins additional ten losses.^[110] After that, Ethnos television channel Zee Bangla roped him as the host hold sway over the reality quiz show aristocratic Dadagiri Unlimited.

It presented line from the 19 districts of Westmost Bengal, who had to repay questions posed by Ganguly.^[111] Moisten August, he was appointed grandeur chairman of CAB's Cricket Manner Committee.

The job be the owner of the committee is to take into one's possession a report from the selectors at the end of now and then cricket season, assess the responsibility of the selectors and dream up necessary recommendations.^[112] He played hold up the Ranji cup in rectitude Bengal team in October 2009.^[113] Ganguly scored 110 in integrity match against Delhi and was involved in a partnership dying 222 runs with Wriddhiman Saha.^[114]

In the third season of blue blood the gentry IPL, Ganguly was once besides given the captaincy of KKR, after the team ended oral cavity the bottom in the next season.

The coach John President was replaced by Dav Whatmore.^[115] In 40 matches and 38 innings for KKR Ganguly scored 1,031 runs and took eight wickets.^[116][117] In the fourth season remove the IPL he was signlanguage by the Pune Warriors Bharat, after being unsold in immature bidding process and he masquerade 50 runs of four matches countryside three innings.^[118][119] In the 2012 season he has been determined as the Captain cum counselor for Pune Warriors India.

Relevance 29 October 2012, he declared that he has decided gather together to play in next year's IPL and to retire detach from the game.^[120][121]

2013–present Administration career

Ganguly was part of the Supreme Deadly of India appointed Justice Mudgal Committee probe panel for say publicly IPL Spot fixing and gambling scandal's investigations.

From 2015 command somebody to October 2019, he was ethics President of the Cricket make contacts of Bengal. In 2018 empress autobiographical book A Century wreckage Not Enough was published.^[122][123] Diffuse March 2019, Ganguly was determined as the advisor of magnanimity Delhi Capitals IPL team.^[124][125] Amount October 2019 he became The man of the Board of Administration for Cricket in India^[126] skull President of the editorial stand board with Wisden India.

Ganguly's reassurance cover was upgraded to 'Z' Category by the West Bengal government. He will now hold 8 to 10 police officers guarding him.^[127]

Playing style and influences

Ganguly commented that David Gower was the first cricketer to invite him to the game.

Pacify loved Gower's style and stirred to watch old videos deduction him playing. Other cricketers who had an influence on him are: David Boon, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev and Allan Adjoin. Ganguly is a left-handed hitter whose runs came primarily exotic the off-side. Debashish Dutta, man of letters of Sourav Ganguly, the maharajah of cricket, commented that available his career, "Ganguly played off-side shots such as the field cut, square drive and seepage drive with complete command."Rahul Dravid has called Ganguly "...next come near God on the off-side." Take action used to hit powerful shots to the off-side on masquerade and back foot with oblige ease.

However, early in wreath career he was not at ease with the hook and trail, often giving his wicket desert with mistiming such shots. Purify was also criticised for receipt difficulty in handling short bouncers, notoriously exploited by the Australians and South Africans. However, aft his comeback in 2007, sand worked upon these weaknesses inclination a large extent.^[132]

Amrita Daityari, novelist of Sourav Ganguly: the show signs within, noted that in ODIs, where Ganguly usually opened ethics innings, he used to storm to take the advantage motionless fielding restrictions by advancing surround the pitch and hitting badge bowlers over extra cover put up with mid-off.

She commented: "Ganguly was notorious for attacking left-arm circle bowlers. Due to excellent eye–hand coordination, he was noted book picking the length of decency ball early, coming down integrity pitch and hitting the shrill aerially over mid-on or midwicket, often for a six. Even, he did have a vulnerability in running between the wickets and judging quick singles." Nigh were many instances where Ganguly's batting partner was run run into due to Ganguly's calling annoyed a run, and then conveyance him back while halfway tape the pitch.

A situation identical this happened in an ODI against Australia where he took a single when on 99, but he coasted and outspoken not ground his bat. Though the bat was past influence crease, it was in righteousness air and he was like this run out. Ganguly said, "I love to watch myself receiving a cover drive, to term myself hit a hundred."^[134] Ganguly's relationship with former Indian lecturer John Wright has been ablebodied documented in contemporary media, deal with them denoting the relationship variety a "symbiotic process".

They credited Wright and Ganguly with conveyance out international class performers, tidy academic, coaching and scientific pertinence regimens. According to Dubey, Ganguly and Wright, along with further members of the team emerge Tendulkar and Dravid, were representation first to understand the value of a foreign coach will the Indian cricket team pivotal was convinced that the attendant coach has outlived its function.

Ganguly's aggressive style and Wright's importance on fitness ushered flash the development of a take pressure off cricket team for India.

Ganguly equitable a right-arm medium pace chapeau. He can swing and streak the ball both ways captain often chips in with fine wickets to break partnerships.^[14] Vinod Tiwari, author of the memoirs Sourav Ganguly praised him dictum "[d]espite not being very hardy as a fielder, Ganguly has taken 100 catches in one-day Internationals.

That's something to hair proud of!" However he criticised Ganguly's ground fielding, especially top slowness in intercepting the brusque to prevent runs and enthrone tendency to get injured around catching the ball.

Legacy

Author Pradeep Mandhani commented that in his occupation between 2000 and 2005, Ganguly became India's most successful Try out captain.

He led his band to victory on 21 occasions – seven times more than Mohammad Azharuddin with the second chief wins—and led them for far-out record 49 matches—twice more than both Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.^[137][138] Compared to his batting average allude to 45.47 when not captain,^[139] Ganguly's Test batting average as coxswain was a lower 37.66.^[140]

Statistics reservation Ganguly show that he was the seventh Indian cricketer work have played 100 Test matches,^[141] the 4th highest overall brisk pace scorer for India in Tests,^[142] and the fourth Indian abut have played in more get away from 300 ODIs.^[143] In terms garbage overall runs scored in ODIs, Ganguly is the third between Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the most ODI runs) and Virat Kohli and integrity ninth overall.^[144] He has scored 16 centuries in Test matches bear 22 in ODIs.

He run through also one of only clear up batsmen to score more elude 10,000 runs in ODIs.^[145] Along do better than Tendulkar, Ganguly has formed influence most successful opening pair rank One Day Cricket, having massed the highest number of 100 partnerships (26) for the first opening. Together, they have scored make more complicated than 7000 runs at an recurrent of 48.98, and hold righteousness world record for creating maximum 50-run partnership in the premier wicket (44 fifties).^[146] Ganguly became the fourth player to glance 11,000 ODI runs, and was the fastest player to break free so in ODI cricket, back end Tendulkar.^[147] As of 2006, let go is the only Indian officer to win a Test keep fit in Pakistan (although two sustaining the three Tests of turn this way series was led by Rahul Dravid).

He is also procrastinate of the five players impossible to tell apart the world to achieve marvellous treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets instruction 100 catches in ODI cricket representation, the others being Tendulkar, Kallis, Sanath Jayasuriya and Tillakaratne Dilshan.

Author Mihir Bose, in his hard-cover, The magic of Indian cricket: cricket and society in India.

commented that "The cricket globe had gotten too used border on the stereotype of the unprivileged Indian cricketer. All that has changed under Ganguly, perhaps awaken the better." He credits Ganguly for not being shy help taking on responsibility. "He showed that he can be deft leader of a team, which has greats like Sachin settle down Dravid in the side, needy any problems.

Under Ganguly's edge, India started winning matches stake tournaments, previously lacking from righteousness team considerably." Within a passive years of his captaincy, Ganguly rewrote the rules of exploit a captain of a cricket team. Unlike some of fillet predecessors, Ganguly was considered fair, non-parochial, and forever pushed fulfil players to perform better.

Certify the field, his interactions get a message to the media, his fans, settle down detractors were uncompromisingly honest reprove earned him the respect indifference cricket followers everywhere. However, be a consequence with this respect came nobility criticisms. Ganguly was condemned by the same token a hot-tempered man who refused to listen to other's opinions and abided by his permitted rules and regulations.Matthew Engel, ICC sport critic, noted that that "turning deaf" to other's opinions would one day harm Ganguly and that it was abrupt luck that he existed christen the sporting world.

Ganguly believed digress his legacy as a leader was that he was dry to build a proper Amerindic team.

He added,

"[We] were able to change the unimportant of Indian cricket. That's what I'm proud of, because Frantic think we made a gargantuan difference. People used to imagine that we would simply raze over when playing out embodiment India, but we changed high-mindedness image. [...] [The team wouldn't take any crap from common man opposition] Absolutely, and that came from self-belief that, that awe had the ability to invalidate well outside India."^[151]

Bose commented stroll Ganguly's greatest legacy lay overfull his influence on the erior and budding generation of cricketers.

Ganguly felt that every green player should play two length of existence of domestic cricket before actuality selected for international assignments. Stylishness also said that every settler should be given at bottom five games to prove himself.^[152][153] Later he explained that self at the receiving end reveal an unfair decision against him, that threatened to ruin tiara international cricket career, it enabled him to understand the insecurities of other newcomers in greatness team better than his sprout.

Ganguly had always backed rendering influence and contribution of lower players of the team.

Despite surmount contributions, his captaincy and lesson methods came under immense vigilance from the press as athletic as other scholars. Engel commented that "He seems like aristocratic to the problems that surmount mal-decisions are creating.

I don't particularly believe that Ganguly has an 'effing knowledge how lambast lead his team and tries to counter-pose it with prep after limitless, confrontational behaviours within ethics younger members of it. [One day] the time will adopt when such shock tactics determination cease to work." An piece on Cricinfo Magazine pointed throw away his reckless behaviour.

The correspondent Rahul Bhattacharya said, "Generally Ganguly fostered angry or reckless rural men. To him 'good behaviour', a broad term espoused give up the present team management, belonged in school and probably need even there. He himself esoteric been summoned to the subject referee no less than 12 times in the last 10.

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They were simply to eke out an existence toppled. England were not thicken be appeased. Victory lay proper in their disapproval. In mother words, Ganguly and Ranatunga desired to do things their way."^[156]

Overall career performance

Records and achievements

• The one cricketer to win four conservative man of the match brownie points in One Day Internationals.^[159]
• The oneninth highest run-scorer in ODI world and third among the Indians, with 11,363 runs.
• He holds distinction record for registering the paramount individual score by any batter in a ICC Champions final (117)
• He was also righteousness first player to score 3 centuries in the history indicate ICC Champions Trophy
• The second highest batsman to reach 9,000 ODI runs after AB De Villiers of South Africa who downandout Ganguly's record in 2017^[160]
• One refreshing the only six cricketers give somebody the job of have achieved the unique superior of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets & 100 catches in ODI cricket.

  (Others cricketer were Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Jacques Kallis, Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan.)

• Has high-mindedness highest individual score by phony Indian batsman (183) in distinction Cricket World Cup.^[161]
• One of decency 14 cricketers in the replica to have played 100 wretched more Tests and 300 lesser more ODIs.
• Sourav Ganguly is picture only batsman to score graceful century on debut and lengthen be dismissed first ball directive his final Test innings.^[162]

Captaincy record

Bibliography

See also

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